Building-brick



D. E. REAGAN.

uunms BRICK. APPLICATION FILED SEPTJI. I916.

Patented Oct. 21,1919

DANIEL E. REAGAN, 0F COLUMBUS; OHIO,

BUILDING-BRICK.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct, 21, 1919.

Application filed September 11, 1916. Serial No. 119,498.

To all whom it"may' concem:

Be it known that I, DANIEL E. REAGAN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Columbus, in thecounty of Franklin'and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Building- Bricks;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

,My invention relates to an improvement in building bricks, the objectbeing to provide bricks of standard length and thickness but varying inwidth, the bricks of greater width than standard, being multiple ormultiples in width of said standard so that the larger and smallerbricks may be used in a wall;

A further object is torprovide the bricks with holes and grooves thelatter being approximately semi-circular and located at the edges midwaythe ends so as to aline with the grooves in adjacent bricks whenassembled and also to break the mortar-joints both vertically andhorizontally and thus prevent the passage of moisture through the wallsat the joints.

With these objects in View my invention consists in the details ofconstruction as will be more fully explained and pointed out in theclaims. i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in plan of an eightinch wall showing parts of two courses of brick; Fig. 2 is a View inelevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a plan view of a twelve inch wall; Fig.is an end view of the same, Fig. 5 is a view of a twenty-four inch wall,the black lines showing the top course and the dotted lines the coursenext below and Figs. 6 and 7 are views of the bricks.

1 represents bricks of standard size and 2 are bricks of the standardlength and thickness but aproximately twice the width, so that twobricks of standard size with motor joint between them, will be equal insize to one multi-or double brick 2. Each standard size brick isprovided with a plurality, preferably, two circular holes 3 locatedvequi-distant from the ends, and 'extending through the brick and alsowith a the distance between them and the sides and ends of the brick.Each is also provided on one or both side edges with centrally locatedsemi-circular grooves 4, so that whenlaid in a wall next to a single ordouble brick, its groove 4 will coincide with the groove in the adjacentbrick and form dead air spaces which intercept moisture and prevent itfrom penetrating both horizontal and vertical joints.

In building say an eight inch wall, as shown in Fig.1, the bottom coursemay be wholly of the double brick and the course next above of standardize bricks 1 at tlie corners and multi-bricks 2 intermediate the cornersthus producing a perfect bond, with the holes and grooves in the topcourse registering with the holes and grooves in the course next below,so that each and every through joint has a break or dead air space thatwill intercept any moisture that may seep through the mortar.

In a twelve inch wall be composed of one layer of multi-brick with oneof standard size at the end or ends, and a layer of standard sizearranged to break joints with the bricks 2 as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.With this arrangement the grooves in the standard brick are locatedopposite the joint between the brick of the other series, while theother holes 3 and grooves 4 aline with the hole and grooves in thebricks in the course next below, and this is true also of thetwenty-four inch wall shown in Fig. 5. This latter width of wall may beof two widths of multi-brick and two ofstandard size, laid of course tobreakjoints with the course next below. The holes aline through out theheight of the wall and may be used for wiring and piping the building ormerely-for dead air spaces which are nonconductors of heat or cold, 1

each course would The multi-bricks may be faced on two sides so as todispense with plastering of the inside walls. and by using them inconnection with the standard size bricks as shown, I dispense with thenecessity of unsightly header courses which all building codes requireat every siXt-h course.

By providing the bricks with holes, the weight thereof is considerablyreduced, and two bricks combined in one can be laid as quickly as one;cost less than two; less to transport, and take less mortar, and as eachbrick, both standard size and double, presents a face the size of astandard brick there is no change in appearance of a wall composed ofthese improved brick, from a wall of the ordinary brick, except thatheader courses may be omitted if desired.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. As anew article of manufacture, a building brick having a pluralityof equal size holes arranged in quin-cunx form through the same, theouter holes of the series being equi-distant from the ends and sides,and approximately twice thedistance from each other aS they are from theends and sides,

and the center hole equi-distant from the outer holes, and a groove ateach side midway the ends of the buck, the said grooves beingapproximately the diameter of the holes in the brick and shaped toconform approximately twice the distance from each I other as they arefrom the ends and sides, the center hole being equi-distant from theouter holes, and a groove at each side midway the ends of the brick, thesaid grooves being approximately the diameter of the holes in the brickand conforming in shape with the latter. and a second brick of approxi--mately half the size of the first mentioned brick and provided with twoholes equidistant from the ends and sides and approxi mately twice thedistance from each other as they are from said ends and sides and agroove at one side edge midway the ends whereby when the tw bricks areplaced side by side the groove in the smaller brick will register withthe groove in the large brick and the holes therein register with theholes in the bricks above and below the same. In testimony whereof Ihave signed this specification in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

' DANIEL E. REAGAN. iVitnesses:

F. J. S AFFER, J. R. AYRES.

